Flint lighter



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,550,859

F. cwlsE: ET AL FLINT LIGHTER Filed April 14, 1925 Patented Aug. 25,1925.

PATENT QFFICE.

FREDERICK CHARLES WISE .AND WILLEY GREENWOOD, 0F LONDON, ENGLAND.

FLINT LIGHTER.

Application 1ed April 14., 1925.

To all 'Lo/wm it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK CHARLES VISE and vWILLEY GREENWOOD,subjects of the King'of England, and residents of London, England, haveinvented certain Improvements in Flint Lighters, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to flint lighters of the kind in which a flintcarrier, a wick tube, a pivoted arm carrying a closing cap for the endof said tube, and a spring which controls said arm, are arranged in aneX- posed position on the top of a fiat fuel container.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means, in the caseof lighters which are plated or made of precious metal, for renderinginconspicuous and protecting from rust, the blade spring which controlsthe pivoted arm, and the invention consists in this respect in coveringthe original steel spring by an additional spring made of noncorrosivemetal.

Another object of the invention is to provide inconspicuous means forstoring flint re-fills, for which purpose the fuel container is,according to the invention, fitted with a screw stopper having aninwardly directed prolongation in the form of a detachable barreladapted to take the reefills.

A third feature of the invention consists in pointing and annealing theends of the spring which feeds the flint to the abrasive wheel so as notto damage the latter when contacting with the same after the wearing outof the flint. i

Fig, 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a perspective view of thelighter,

Fig. 2, an incomplete sectional view of the same, and

Fig. 3, a sectional top view of the flint barrel.

The lighten comprises a fuel 'container a on top of which are mounted,in an eX posed position, a wick tube b, a flint barrel c, and a pivotedarm al which carries a closing cap e for the end of the wick tube. Thearm d is pivoted at 7 to a pillar g by means of a flat tail piece 71,formed with straight edges which are engaged by a steel spring i SerialNo. 23,160.

so that the arm will be maintained by the Aspring either in closed,horizontal position, as shown in Fig. l, or in an upright, open positionwhen the lighter is in use. lhen the lighter is plated or made ofprecious metal, the steel spring spoils the appearance of the lighter,particularly since it is liable to get rusty. To obviate this drawback,another blade spring 7c, made of non-corrosive metal, for instance thesame kind of metal employed in the surrounding elements, is superposedon the spring a so as to cover the latter. The spring 7c, whileconcealing the steel spring, also tends to protect it from rust so thata more durable and reliable article is obtained.

In order to allow the lighter to carry flint re-lills in aninco-nspicuous manner, the screw stopper Z which closes the fillingaperture of the container ci, is provided with a prolongation in theform of a` barrel m which screws into the stopper and which is adaptedto receive the re-fills. The barrel m is preferably made of substantiallength and pointed so that it can be used for distributing the cottonwool within the container.

The flint fn. (Fig. 3) is fed to the abrasive wheel 0` by means of acoil spring p in the usual manner. r

ln order to prevent this spring from damaging the Wheel o whencontacting with the latter after the wearing out of the flint, the endsp1 of the spring are according to the invention somewhat pointed and softened by annealing.

We claim:

l. In a flint lighter of the character described, the combination with awick tube, a hood for covering the end of said tube, and a pivoted levercarrying said hood, of a steel spring bearing against said lever so `asto hold the hood either in open or closed position, and a blade ofnon-corrosive metal superposed on said steel spring so as to cover andconceal the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a liint lighter according to claim l, a fuel container having ascrew stopper, and a barrel adapted to receive flint re-fills secured tothe inner end of said stopper.

3. A flint lighter according to claim l, 4. In a flint lighter accordingto claim 1, a fuel container having a screw stopper, a flint feedingspring having ends which are and a barrel adapted to receive flintre-ills pointed and annealed, substantially as and 10 screwed into saidstopper, said barrel being for the purpose set forth. 5 pointed and madeof substantial length so that it can also be used 'for distributing cot-FREDERICK CHARLES WISE. ton Wool Within said container. WILLEYGREENWOOD.

